Community Voices
Heading west, after a year of Minnesota goodbyes
When saying goodbye to a place where one has lived (off and on) since university days, one sort of wants to do so at much-loved shrines and spots from days long gone.
Mary Stanik
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Holidays and the New Alone: Give it a whirl
What is different about the New Alone is the large and growing number of people, no matter their relationship status, who are doing all sorts of things by themselves.
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For presidential candidates, when is ‘time on their side’?
Was John Kennedy too young? Ronald Reagan too old? Pundits will have their opinions.
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With Carly Fiorina, Donald Trump may have met his match
Trump clearly did not think she’d respond to his insult in the take-no-prisoners, I’m-a-former-CEO-who-fired-thousands manner she employed during the last debate.
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Hillary’s hair: It seems we want our multimillionaire candidates to seem ordinary
Just when you thought no mane could out-tease Donald Trump’s flying carpet, another presidential candidate’s hair has become a top topic of criticism.
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A never married presidential candidate? Why not?
Journalists and average citizens have asked, in tones ranging from befuddled to faintly sinister, how Sen. Lindsey Graham expects to become president if he has no first lady.
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Thinking of Aristotle upon seeing ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
I’ve indeed had Aristotle on the mind. And these words specifically: “The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger …”
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Six months in The Land of Seniors baked brutal retirement truths into this visiting daughter
Many Arizona retirees thought life in the eternal sun would be a heavenly thing indeed, only to find it a hot, well-lit, lonely space.
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Even if it isn’t a perfect Norman Rockwell day, let’s keep Thanksgiving a real holiday
Before you seal me in “It’s a Wonderful Life” museum storage, let me say I realize we all need and want stuff. But …
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We can do a lot to safeguard our private moments and images
We can actually keep them intimate. We can, even though resisting the urge to make every single facet of our lives public isn’t a very fashionable concept at the moment.
